‘Echo in the Canyon’ rocks LA and the Indie Box Office

May 26, 2019

Greenwich Entertainment’s “Echo in the Canyon”, a 60s folk music documentary, charmed Los Angeles this past weekend with its two screen opening. The documentary has grossed an estimated 3-day start of $103,716 for a per screen average of$51,858. This puts the film’s average as the second highest of any release so far in 2019, trailing behind “Avengers: End Game” wide release opening weekend.It is also the highest average earned by a documentary since the Oscar-winning “Free Solo” last October.

“Echo In The Canyon” tells the history of the 60s folk rock movement that arose in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, led by bands like The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas. Directed by Andrew Slater, the film features conversations between Bob Dylan’s son, Jakob, and 60s luminaries like Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

With a 100%score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film will expand to New York next weekend with more cities coming in June.